Somebody Cue the 19th Century - You're Back on Stage Again
The Republican Party is trying to claim the anti-poverty
issue, when in fact what they have done for 30 years or so is claim the
anti-poor people issue. Here
is Maine Gov. and all around crank Paul LePage getting into the act.
January 08, 2014
LePage Says Children Should Work
Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) told a trade show audience that
12-year-olds should be allowed to work in Maine , the Portland Press
Herald reports.
Said LePage: "We don't allow children to work until they're 16, but two years later, when they're 18, they can go to war and fight for us. That's causing damage to our economy. I started working far earlier than that, and it didn't hurt me at all. There is nothing wrong with being a paperboy at 12 years old, or at a store sorting bottles at 12 years old."
Said LePage: "We don't allow children to work until they're 16, but two years later, when they're 18, they can go to war and fight for us. That's causing damage to our economy. I started working far earlier than that, and it didn't hurt me at all. There is nothing wrong with being a paperboy at 12 years old, or at a store sorting bottles at 12 years old."
(Our Thanks to Taegan Goddard!)
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